''It's Just Begun'' is the second album by the
Jimmy Castor Bunch
James Walter Castor (January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American funk, R&B, and soul musician. He is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs such as "It's Just Begun", " The Bertha Butt Boogie", a ...
, released in 1972 on RCA Records.
[''It's Just Begun at ]Allmusic
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/ref> " It's Just Begun" and " Troglodyte (Cave Man)" have each become staples in hip-hop sampling. Songs from the album have been sampled more than twenty-five times.[Sampling Information](_blank)
/ref> The song is considered by some to be one of the first disco songs.
The album hit #11 on the R&B charts and #27 on the ''Billboard'' 200.[Troglodyte (Cave Man) Release History/ref> ranging from ''16 Slabs of Funk'' to ''Greatest Soul Groups''.
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Reception
Track listing
# "Creation (Prologue)" (Gerry Thomas) - 1:34
# "It's Just Begun" (Gerry Thomas, Jimmy Castor, John Pruitt) - 3:43
# " Troglodyte (Cave Man)" (Jimmy Castor Bunch) - 3:36
# "You Better Be Good (Or the Devil Gon' Getcha)" (Gerry Thomas, Jimmy Castor, John Pruitt) - 2:56
# "Psyche" (Jimmy Castor Bunch) - 4:25
# "L.T.D. (Life, Truth and Death)" (Gerry Thomas, Curtis Knight
Curtis Knight (May 9, 1929November 29, 1999), born Mont Curtis McNear, was an American musician who is known for his association with Jimi Hendrix.
In his Hendrix biography, David Moskowitz notes: "Curtis Knight was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, ...
) - 7:20
# "My Brightest Day" (Gerry Thomas, Jimmy Castor, John Pruitt) - 4:03
# "Bad" (Gerry Thomas, Jimmy Castor, John Pruitt, Doug Gibson) - 3:04
# " I Promise to Remember" (Jimmy Castor, Jimmy Smith) - 2:47
# "Creation (Epilogue)" (Gerry Thomas) - 1:02
Personnel
;The Jimmy Castor Bunch
*Jimmy Castor - Saxophone, Timbales, Vocals
*Doug Gibson - Bass, Backing Vocals
*Harry Jensen - Guitar
*Lenny Fridie, Jr. - Congas
*Gerry Thomas - Trumpet, Piano
*Orchestra of 30 musicians in "Creation" (Prologue and Epilogue)
Charts
Singles
External links
Jimmy Castor Bunch-It's Just Begun at Discogs
References
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1972 debut albums
RCA Records albums
Funk albums by American artists